[Novalug] Linux tip: Use -delete with GNU find command

[Maxwell Spangler]

For [too many] years, I've been doing this:

find directory_name  -size 0 -print -exec rm {} \;

In order to scan a particular directory for things like empty files and delete 
them.

While doing this a minute ago I found that the GNU find command has a -delete 
option to remove the file and return an error code if not removed properly.

This is nicer on my eyes than the older style shown above and doesn't require 
another fork to call rm to do the same task.  On systems with a significant 
number of users/processes, not forking for every little thing is a very good 
policy.

I learned 'find' many years ago without GNU find and wish I'd known about this 
sooner, so I'm sharing today..

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Maxwell Spangler
Chapel Hill, North Carolina